1922

in the most dangerous times, she hid me at her apartment.

Since the October Revolution of 1917 he has worked constantly without sparing himself. The grave illness of her daughter completely exhausts her strength and prevents her from working.

(Address of Fofanova—4th House of Soviets, Vozdvizhенka 5, apt. 31).

2) I request that Nina Kotovich-Summer, 14 years old, be admitted to a demonstration school of the Commissariat of Education. She should be placed in the 1st class of the 2nd stage. Address: Maroseyка, building 2/15, Tsentrosoyuz dormitory.

I knew her father well, the late Ivan Adamovich Summer. An old Bolshevik revolutionary. A Central Committee member even before the first (1905) revolution. He died in Ukraine in 1920, having exhausted himself in his work.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Printed from typewritten copy.

# DIRECTIVES CONCERNING GRAPHS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY*

17 January 1922

**Remarks**

1. All defects in the technique of arranging numerical material in the graphs, noted in the course of work, will be corrected in the second album.

2. All pictorial graphs will, insofar as this proves possible, be replaced by linear ones, as these most vividly depict the movement of phenomena.

3. Graph No. 1 of section VI (total annual grain and fodder procurement) will subsequently be reworked in the direction of taking into account territory and population, which will permit comparing the intensity of procurements for individual periods.

4. The numerical material arranged in these graphs will be presented separately as an additional supplement in the nearest time.

Without fail!

* At the initiative and directives of V. I. Lenin, the Administration of Affairs of the Council of Labor and Defense established graphs depicting the development of the basic branches of the national economy of Soviet Russia for 1920–1921. The graphs were executed by the Central Statistical Administration in two copies—one was intended for the Council of Labor and Defense, the other for the Central Committee of the RCP(b).

# LENIN ANTHOLOGY

After reviewing part of the graphs, I propose:

1) always add monthly absolute figures (thousands or millions) in pen, in small clear script (as in table V, 4).

2) Also always on the side of the table—the prewar magnitude (1913 or 1916, etc.) such-and-such (absolute figure).

3) The entire significance of these graphs lies in clarity and comparability. Therefore it is necessary to fit the tables for 36 months: 1920–1921–1922 in the same size (so that on **one** table there are 36 months 1920–1922).

Lenin

+ 4) Instead of sausages ( /\ ) lines ( /\ ) are sufficient: simpler, clearer, easier to draw, and fewer bureaucrats.

5) Would it be possible to consider: connecting all graphs with clips into one (2, 3 if very thick) notebook, so that it would be convenient to leaf through.

Lenin

# LETTER TO L. V. KRASIN

LONDON

19 January 1922

Comrade Krasin!

Regarding Larin, I add to the Politburo decision of 17 January:

1. Keep him in London **as long as possible**.

2. If you believe even one of his figures, we will dismiss him from his post.

3. Guard his health, treat him better, appoint a responsible physician.

4. Occupy him with **prolonged literary work** on German and English materials (if he doesn't know, teach him the English language).

Points 1, 3, and 4 must be carried out with special strictness and **special tact**. Point 2—with threefold strictness.

With communist greetings,

Lenin

P.S. The apparatus of Vneshtorg is in an appalling state. Lezhava is weak. We need someone better. We need bread desperately and quickly. Put all your effort into it. **You are answerable for it.**

Lenin